Blodwen
Sign in to savethumb|Album cover (1978) Blodwen () is an opera in three acts composed in 1878 by Dr Joseph Parry to a libretto by Richard Davies. It was the first opera written in the Welsh language.
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- Composer
- Joseph Parry
- Librettist
- Richard Davies
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- language of work or name
- Welsh
- number of parts of this work
- 3
- date of first performance
- 1878-05-21
- Commons category
- Blodwen
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Blodwen
- location of first performance
- Aberystwyth
- form of creative work
- opera
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- Reception
- Synopsis
- Act 1
- Act 2
- Act 3
- Notes
- References
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thumb|Album cover (1978) Blodwen () is an opera in three acts composed in 1878 by Dr Joseph Parry to a libretto by Richard Davies. It was the first opera written in the Welsh language.
==Reception== The opera premiered on 21 May 1878 at the Temperance Hall in Aberystwyth, with Parry himself conducting.
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